Surviving Minnesota!

[xXStringbeanXx]

Morning all!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Good morning to all. Brrr single digits to start the day. My sunkisses are shriveling back to blanco.


TFred. If they got a little frost bit then yes that peeling is normal. Can use a little coconut oil to help soften and shine them up a bit. Erlibird tip.

String bean: I have the hatchet in mine as Jerry as suggested. Lol but also have vet wrap, VetRx for weird sniffles and as good all around remedy. It’s oil of oregano. It works weirdly well on a variety of things. Safegaurd wormer (because I have swamps) birds eat a lot of worms here. Bacitracin for wounds. Bluekote for wounds. Merricks blue ribbon for stress and supplementation. Apple cider vinegar for pasty butt and gut health/flora.

Elise I would put some on. Do some black or whitish ones to match their plumage.they will not regrow until this falls first molt. Your rooster will get better and settle down too.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good morning..

All medicine kits for chickens should include Holm's phone number. He has never read Tom Sawyer, so he will do all the yucky things that need to be done.

 

[duluthralphie]

After all the whining about the weather, I thought I should and I forgot in my original post of the day to mention what a lovely day we are having.

The sun is out and shining brightly on the nanner blossoms. The breeze is a gentle 73 MPH so little chance of sweat accumulating on the eye brows today.

And the temps this morning were a pleasant 9 degrees here, much better than the cold weather we were having. Living in paradise is fantastic. I think we should try to keep our weather secret or everyone will want to move here and join us, and I hate crowds.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Nanner blossoms...

 

[jerryse]

Chilly cloudy day here . Rained overnight . Snow coming Sunday . I need sun .

 

[MNChickMom]

Colder than Haydes here. We are expecting another 3-5 inches of white crap on Sunday. (Because it is expected on a Sunday I must resort to my Sunday words.)

We have busy weekend ahead with Saturday being spent at the Sauk Rapids High School for 4 H State Knowledge Bowl. (Poultry of course) Then off to see my parents and bring them a take out dinner of from the Farming Baseball Team...my 2 nephews are having a fundraiser. Sunday my son graduates from Cub Scout to Boy Scout..... and somewhere amist all of this....we need to fix a vehicle that had the Starter go out in and maybe a few Spring chores. The pens are screaming....."Clean Me".

My chicks are doing wonderfully.... eating me out of house and home. About 150 pounds of chick start per week.

Hoover (Large Toad 2.0) had a little mishap with the Buff Orpingtons. Apparently the Buffs were not in the sharing mood and chose to peck at his tail instead of the flock block. So he got a nice coating of blue-kote, after DD yelled at her buffs to behave and not pick on her "Hoover Baby". So "Hoover Baby" got to move in with a pen of smaller birds until he heals. I don't know how to break it to her but "Hoover Baby" was born the wrong sex and will likely be someone's chicken dinner.

 

[holm25]

Colder than Haydes here. We are expecting another 3-5 inches of white crap on Sunday. (Because it is expected on a Sunday I must resort to my Sunday words.)

We have busy weekend ahead with Saturday being spent at the Sauk Rapids High School for 4 H State Knowledge Bowl. (Poultry of course) Then off to see my parents and bring them a take out dinner of from the Farming Baseball Team...my 2 nephews are having a fundraiser. Sunday my son graduates from Cub Scout to Boy Scout..... and somewhere amist all of this....we need to fix a vehicle that had the Starter go out in and maybe a few Spring chores. The pens are screaming....."Clean Me".

My chicks are doing wonderfully.... eating me out of house and home. About 150 pounds of chick start per week.

Hoover (Large Toad 2.0) had a little mishap with the Buff Orpingtons. Apparently the Buffs were not in the sharing mood and chose to peck at his tail instead of the flock block. So he got a nice coating of blue-kote, after DD yelled at her buffs to behave and not pick on her "Hoover Baby". So "Hoover Baby" got to move in with a pen of smaller birds until he heals. I don't know how to break it to her but "Hoover Baby" was born the wrong sex and will likely be someone's chicken dinner.

Pesky Orpingtons lol. My Orps are quickly becoming my favorite birds... Very practical birds IMHO....

 

[duluthralphie]

Colder than Haydes here. We are expecting another 3-5 inches of white crap on Sunday. (Because it is expected on a Sunday I must resort to my Sunday words.)

We have busy weekend ahead with Saturday being spent at the Sauk Rapids High School for 4 H State Knowledge Bowl. (Poultry of course) Then off to see my parents and bring them a take out dinner of from the Farming Baseball Team...my 2 nephews are having a fundraiser. Sunday my son graduates from Cub Scout to Boy Scout..... and somewhere amist all of this....we need to fix a vehicle that had the Starter go out in and maybe a few Spring chores. The pens are screaming....."Clean Me".

My chicks are doing wonderfully.... eating me out of house and home. About 150 pounds of chick start per week.

Hoover (Large Toad 2.0) had a little mishap with the Buff Orpingtons. Apparently the Buffs were not in the sharing mood and chose to peck at his tail instead of the flock block. So he got a nice coating of blue-kote, after DD yelled at her buffs to behave and not pick on her "Hoover Baby". So "Hoover Baby" got to move in with a pen of smaller birds until he heals. I don't know how to break it to her but "Hoover Baby" was born the wrong sex and will likely be someone's chicken dinner.

Poor toads are so subservient to all other birds. They never hold their own. I am amazed when I see a 3 pound rooster beating on a 15 pound Toad kid.... They are such baby Huey's.

 

[Tfred1399]

I see one of my girls, Brownie, has chosen to make a nest outside of the nesting boxes on the floor of the coop. She was the one I suspected was laying eggs all over the place.